Research and Commentary

Political Division and Dysfunction in Congress

June 4, 2012, Thomas E. Mann and Norm Ornstein

The Broken Budget Process: Legislative Proposals

May 31, 2012, Henry J. Aaron

@ Brookings Podcast: Political Dysfunction is “Even Worse Than It Looks”

May 18, 2012, Thomas E. Mann

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Creating an Export-Import Bank for the 21st Century

May 17, 2012, Emilia Istrate

The Ugly Truth about the Ugly Politics of Health Care

May 4, 2012, Thomas E. Mann

A Bipartisan Approach to Reforming Medicare

April 27, 2012, Alice M. Rivlin

Let’s Just Say It: The Republicans are the Problem

April 27, 2012, Thomas E. Mann and Norm Ornstein

Keeping on Offense: The Next President Should Keep After al Qaeda but Mend Relations with Congress on Terrorism

April 20, 2012, Daniel L. Byman and Benjamin Wittes

New Support for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty on Nuclear Explosions

March 30, 2012, Steven Pifer

Give the JOBS Act the Benefit of Any Doubts

March 29, 2012, Martin Neil Baily and Robert E. Litan

Web Chat: Congressional Budget Battles Loom on the Horizon

March 28, 2012, Isabel V. Sawhill

Why America’s Public, Not Its Parties, Are the Key to Fixing the Deficit

March 23, 2012, William A. Galston

Chairman Ryan's Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Proposal: All by Itself

March 22, 2012, Bill Frenzel

A Review of Paul Ryan's Budget Proposal

March 21, 2012, William G. Gale

Big Business Should Stop Ignoring Washington

March 16, 2012, Glenn Hutchins and William A. Galston

Congressional Reform Proposals for the 21st Century

March 14, 2012, William A. Galston

Web Chat: Investing in Transportation Infrastructure

March 14, 2012, Robert Puentes

Trial Court Judges and Math, Senate Style

March 13, 2012, Sarah A. Binder

Congressman Donald Payne: In Memoriam

March 6, 2012, Mwangi S. Kimenyi and Witney Schneidman

Broadband: A Catalyst for Small Business Growth

February 15, 2012, Darrell M. West

The 2013 Budget: A Process Run Amok

February 13, 2012, Bill Frenzel

Congress Defunds Palestinian "Sesame Street," Jeopardizes U.S. Policy in Middle East

January 31, 2012, Ibrahim Sharqieh

Congress, the Federal Reserve, and the Federal Open Market Committee

January 27, 2012, Sarah A. Binder

The Impact of Density and Diversity on Reapportionment and Redistricting in the Mountain West

January 26, 2012, David F. Damore

Web Chat: Analyzing the 2012 State of the Union

January 25, 2012, Stephen Hess